Malcolm Evans – Art in the eye of the beholder
Malcolm Evans – Art in the eye of the beholder
Author: The Daily Blog
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Lyndy McIntyre – A Fairer Wellington
The 1st of August was a milestone day for the Living Wage movement and low paid Wellington workers. 60 security guards, noise control officers and cleaners at Wellington City Council had their pay lifted from around $15.60 to $18.55.
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Stop the arrests mass cannabis 4.20pm smoke up outside NZ Police Stations this Saturday 17th
Cannabis smokers at 4.20pm will be outside Police Stations around the country smoking cannabis and daring Police to arrest protestors.
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Political Caption Competition
If it’s not tied down, it’s for sale. Including the National Party
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 14th September 2016
5: Refugee Detention Has Cost Australian Taxpayers Nearly $10 Billion Since 2013
4: Edward Snowden makes ‘moral’ case for presidential pardon
3: I WAS A CIA WHISTLEBLOWER. NOW I’M A BLACK INMATE. HERE’S HOW I SEE AMERICAN RACISM.
2: Turkey asks US to arrest Gulen for ‘ordering’ coup bid
1: Lawyer for Imprisoned Whistleblower Chelsea Manning: Ongoing Pattern of Abuse Led to Hunger Strike -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 14th September 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Key’s shameful support of Fiji arrests
Key’s posture is that human rights don’t really matter, or at least are secondary to maintaining warm relations with repressive governments.
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Reinventing Auckland, Simon? If Only We Could!
Aucklanders elected representatives turned out to be equally mischaracterised. Far from being the people’s democratic tribunes, Auckland’s elected councillors proved to be little more than powerless pawns. The real game was controlled by legally cocooned CCO boards of directors – over whom the so-called “Governing Body” (including the Mayor) exercised no effective control whatsoever.
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Economic lies about the “rock star economy”
The business media is all in an excited state over the fact that the headline growth rate for the New Zealand economy is going to around 3.5% for the year ending June. What they don’t tell you is that because of the artificial boost to the population as a result of the government opening the taps for new migrants the actual annual per capita growth rate is only 0.6%.
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New Zealand First Is NOT Neoliberal – A Response To Frank Macskasy
I ordinarily have a lot of time for Frank Macskasy. His pieces are usually trenchantly researched and thorough. On top of that, he was the first journalist to ever give me a proper interview.